William Girl Name

The table below indicates the number of times the name William has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name William

Use of the Name William for Girls During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

14,907

5,995

1,589

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name William has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name William

Used as a Girl Name

Used as a Boy Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

288

30

2

9,535

1881

289

30

2

8,525

1882

322

31

2

9,298

1883

281

40

2

8,387

1884

340

34

2

8,896

1885

353

33

2

8,044

1886

364

35

2

8,252

1887

323

44

2

7,471

1888

371

42

2

8,704

1889

357

46

2

7,773

1890

435

35

2

7,494

1891

354

50

2

6,763

1892

405

44

2

7,783

1893

486

32

2

7,223

1894

493

34

2

7,275

1895

464

40

2

7,279

1896

439

44

2

7,750

1897

529

32

2

7,200

1898

485

41

2

7,400

1899

663

23

2

6,086

1900

514

44

2

8,596

1901

545

32

2

5,993

1902

686

25

2

6,615

1903

557

35

2

6,313

1904

709

25

2

6,418

1905

682

28

2

6,496

1906

705

28

2

6,568

1907

708

29

2

6,911

1908

557

46

2

7,528

1909

682

35

2

7,906

1910

704

37

3

8,834

1911

608

50

2

10,586

1912

551

79

2

19,613

1913

529

93

2

23,532

1914

575

97

2

29,743

1915

566

130

2

38,582

1916

574

137

2

40,445

1917

519

166

2

42,408

1918

535

172

2

45,349

1919

516

175

2

43,997

1920

476

205

2

50,167

1921

511

192

3

51,834

1922

501

193

3

51,162

1923

462

224

3

52,151

1924

444

249

3

53,493

1925

405

290

3

53,228

1926

396

300

4

51,830

1927

381

322

4

51,399

1928

367

350

4

49,039

1929

365

335

4

47,720

1930

399

288

4

47,135

1931

420

237

4

43,163

1932

429

234

4

42,068

1933

470

196

4

38,976

1934

489

174

4

40,150

1935

494

164

4

40,146

1936

524

153

4

39,359

1937

515

164

4

40,663

1938

590

138

4

42,397

1939

539

152

4

42,106

1940

563

152

4

44,787

1941

605

136

4

47,722

1942

565

171

4

54,868

1943

579

170

4

55,682

1944

624

139

4

52,136

1945

611

141

4

50,140

1946

631

157

4

59,805

1947

679

153

4

66,779

1948

668

157

4

61,799

1949

764

128

4

61,278

1950

772

127

6

60,686

1951

875

106

6

62,509

1952

729

149

6

62,955

1953

803

132

6

61,674

1954

824

131

6

61,410

1955

922

114

6

59,821

1956

798

156

6

58,908

1957

775

168

6

56,746

1958

793

161

6

54,139

1959

818

158

7

51,377

1960

808

165

7

49,298

1961

729

204

7

47,955

1962

784

176

7

44,834

1963

757

185

7

44,474

1964

842

153

7

44,203

1965

794

155

6

40,144

1966

735

180

6

38,249

1967

719

186

6

37,603

1968

710

189

6

36,952

1969

715

198

6

37,595

1970

729

204

7

38,846

1971

741

202

7

35,384

1972

726

195

9

30,483

1973

816

161

9

28,001

1974

797

170

10

26,954

1975

845

159

10

25,527

1976

730

202

11

24,417

1977

796

189

12

24,740

1978

810

185

13

24,125

1979

822

191

13

24,661

1980

770

214

14

25,602

1981

888

171

15

24,760

1982

867

178

15

25,565

1983

825

186

16

25,344

1984

931

159

16

24,851

1985

877

183

16

24,594

1986

955

165

15

24,289

1987

960

167

15

24,171

1988

995

166

16

24,065

1989

15

24,676

1990

16

24,856

1991

19

23,847

1992

20

23,047

1993

18

22,181

1994

19

21,477

1995

20

20,138

1996

18

20,518

1997

19

19,967

1998

14

20,799

1999

14

20,667

2000

11

20,603

2001

10

20,041

2002

11

20,050

2003

11

19,866

2004

8

19,890

Totals:

14,907

3,873,287

During the last 125 years, parents have used William as a girl's name about 0% of the time and more frequently (about 99% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name William appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 109 times during the last 125 years.